Dermatosis ocupacional: un problema de salud laboral
Occupational dermatoses are daily gaining in importance due to the great number of causal agents and the serious harm these diseases produce in the work forces. In Venezuela occupational dermatoses hold second place in general morbility of work-related diseases. An analysis of workers, diagnosed fro...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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1996
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6477180 |
| Source: | Salud de los Trabajadores, ISSN 1315-0138, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 1996, pags. 93-98 |
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Occupational dermatoses are daily gaining in importance due to the great number of causal agents and the serious harm these diseases produce in the work forces. In Venezuela occupational dermatoses hold second place in general morbility of work-related diseases. An analysis of workers, diagnosed from 1985 to 1994 as suffering from job-linked dermatological problems, was carried out at the Occupational Medicine Office of Venezuelan Institute of Social Security in La Victoria-Aragua State. Of the 578 occupational illnesses identified, 229 (39.6%) were occupational dematoses. At 82%, contact dermatitis (CD) are determined as the most frequent class of dermatosis. Irritating type CD was described in 60.6% and allergic type in 39.4% of the cases. Male workers suffered from 81.2% of the dermatoses. Chemical agents are the cause of 56.6% of the cases, while the industry producing the greatest number of dermatoses is that of metal mechanics with 25.3%. Topographically, 38.6% of the cases evidenced single lesions on the hand, 13.7% on the upper extremities, and 22.8% with multiple lesions including the hands. Ten workers were awarded partial permanent disability, 16 were changed to a different work station or to a different job activity, and 73 were placed on sick-leave for a total of 1,265 days. |
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